Cane toads : a tale of sugar, politics and flawed science /
Cane Toads is about good intentions, unintended consequences and of simple acts leading to catastrophic outcomes. It is about scientists so committed to solving a problem, serving their country, their leaders and the industry that employed them, that they are blinkered to adverse impacts.
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Sydney, N.S.W. :
Sydney University Press,
[2013].
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| Serie: | Animal publics (Series)
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| Accesso online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2966529 |
Sommario:
- Preface: of toads and men
- The ancestors – fossil 41159
- The apothecary’s toad
- The sweet grass
- Queensland sugar – Hope and Whish
- Ladybird fantasy
- The cane beetles
- Hawai‘i leads biological control
- Birth of a myth
- Toad fantasy
- Toads for Queensland
- War on Canberra
- Living with Bufo
- Cane toad wars
- Taking the Top End
- Bad, flawed and reckless